CVE-2023-22931
Published: 14 February 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-22931 is a medium-severity Improper Authorization (CWE-285) vulnerability in Splunk Splunk. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 38.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-27033
Vulnerability details
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.1.13 and 8.2.10, the ‘createrss’ external search command overwrites existing Resource Description Format Site Summary (RSS) feeds without verifying permissions. This feature has been deprecated and disabled by default.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Documented procedures facilitate correct implementation and ongoing management of authorization decisions.
Guides setting of default permissions to the minimum required level.
Establishes roles, responsibilities, and authorization processes for all configuration management activities.
Procedures establish authorization rules for physical and environmental access, limiting improper authorization.
Training covers proper setting of permissions on resources, reducing incorrect default or inherited permissions after deployment.
Periodic reviews identify and correct flaws in authorization decisions or enforcement.
The control's documentation requirement reduces improper authorization by ensuring only mission-justified actions bypass authentication.
Establishing permitted attributes and values, plus auditing changes, ensures authorization decisions are based on correctly managed policy data.